Book description
A dark contemporary fractured fairy tale reimagining of Peter Pan from BookTok sensation Emily McIntire.
From BookTok sensation Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale reimagining of Peter Pan.
He wants revenge, but he wants her more...
James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter…
Why read it?
1 author picked Hooked as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Turning the villain into the protagonist is a literary art.
I like exploring different facets of a protagonist that can surprise readers and keep them on edge. Emily McIntire does this extremely well in Hooked: James is dark, manipulative, and dangerous—a genuine inspiration to me. The wicked idea of starting with a children’s tale to tell this story shows unusual literary ambition.
The relationship between James and Wendy constantly plays with desire, revenge, and power, and reveals something interesting to an author like me: a protagonist does not need to be good to be fascinating. He needs to…
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